Middle Africa
What tectonic plate is Gabon on?
Gabon sits entirely on the African Plate.
- Plates
- 1
- M6.5+ quakes since 1900
- 0
- Holocene volcanoes
- 0
- Land area
- 260,662 km²
Plates under Gabon
Share of Gabon's land area on each plate (PB2002 model, Natural Earth outlines).
Plate boundaries
No plate boundary crosses Gabon itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Earthquakes in Gabon
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Gabon since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Volcanoes in Gabon
Gabon has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.
Frequently asked questions
What tectonic plate is Gabon on?
Gabon sits entirely on the African Plate.
Is Gabon on a plate boundary?
No plate boundary crosses Gabon itself, so it sits in the stable interior of the African Plate.
Does Gabon get earthquakes?
The USGS catalog has no earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or more centered in or just off Gabon since 1900. Smaller quakes still happen, and distant large ones can be felt.
Are there volcanoes in Gabon?
Gabon has no volcanoes that have erupted in the last 12,000 years, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.